The night’s main card is expected to air on pay-per-view, and Aldo vs. Koch will serve as the night’s headliner.

Aldo, who was sidelined by a knee injury ahead of UFC 149, enters UFC 153 with a 14-fight win streak. Since ruling the WEC’s featherweight division and moving over to the UFC, the well-rounded Brazilian has racked up title defenses over Mark Hominick (in Toronto at the record-breaking UFC 129 event), Kenny Florian and Chad Mendes. Overall, the 25-year-old is a remarkable 11-0 under the Zuffa banner.

Koch, meanwhile, competes for the first time since September 2011, when he earned a dominant unanimous-decision victory over “The Ultimate Fighter 12″ champion Jonathan Brookins at UFC Fight Night 25. The 23-year-old’s only career loss came to former UFC title challenger Chad Mendes at WEC 47. Since then, “New Breed” is 4-0, which included a first-round knockout of Raphael Assuncao at UFC 128 in his promotional debut.

A total of 26 fighters got their chance to shine on Saturday as part of UFC 190 at Rio de Janeiro’s HSBC Arena. Now that UFC 190 is in the books, it’s time to commence MMAjunkie’s “Three Stars” ceremony.

The man known for cranking submissions to the point of injury added eye-gouging to his repertoire. But is the controversy of Rousimar Palhares too essential to his bizarre, awful appeal for his employers to take any meaningful action against him?